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Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away

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Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, has passed away. Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. In 2013, he founded Off White, and became the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton in 2018.

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Louis Vuitton overhauls stores with Yayoi Kusama polka-dots and life-like animatronics

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Luxury brand Louis Vuitton has transformed its stores across the world for the launch of its anticipated capsule collection with Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama. The space was blanketed in yellow and covered in black polka dots of varying sizes across its walls, floors and ceiling. Pop-up stores were opened across the world.

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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

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The US-based company offers more than 350 different prints from over two dozen artists, including Takashi Murakami, KAWS, Yoshitomo Nara, Shepard Fairey, Hebru Brantley, Matt Gondek, Madsaki and Futura. And it recently announced a multi-year partnership with contemporary New York artist Daniel Arsham. . A booming market. “As

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Retail appointments of the week

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Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, died on the weekend. Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. In 2013, he founded Off White, and he became the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton in 2018.

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Inside Louis Vuitton’s technicolour homage to Virgil Abloh

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Dubbed “Walk in the Park”, the temporary space opened on December 15, paying homage to the late Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s men’s artistic director since 2018. . metre 3D sculpture of Abloh, prominently featured in the space and replicas of a few of the models that walked in his shows. The space between.

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Checkerboard walls wrap Awake NY store by Rafael de Cárdenas

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De Cárdenas worked with Angelo Baque, the former brand director of streetwear brand Supreme , on the design of a retail location for Awake NY , which Baque founded in 2012. Local architect Rafael de Cárdenas referenced lost landmarks of New York for the interiors of this streetwear store in the city's Lower East Side.

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Kate Spade CEO & brand president on creating social impact through collaboration

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In 2012 Fraser became the president of Marc Jacobs after over 13 years in the business before leaving to become the CEO of Anne Klein in 2015. Our efforts in this space continue to deepen. IR : Collaboration has been a hallmark of Kate Spade New York’s success, from partnerships with artists to co-branded collections.